Habitat For Humanity

This project for Habitat for Humanity started with interviewing the builders of Habitat and studying typical Habitat houses, to then create a home for a family of five that would be ADA accessible on the first floor. With Habitat as a typical small house, it was a challenge to fit all of the needs within the square footage while also including the specifications for ADA accessibility throughout the first floor. As a team, we created a floor plan, chose materials that fit Habitat's criteria, built a model, created and rendered perspectives to communicate our ideas, and then designed a poster to fully execute and display our design. This project taught me how to design within certain parameters such as small square footage, meeting criteria, and working with a team in terms of collaborating ideas, staying flexible, and completing all of the tasks. This project also gave insight into working quickly with a team, and having to stay on top of things in order to get things. It progressed my thinking as a designer and challenged me to think and design quickly which will benefit me in the long run throughout my career.